Stories from Monday, June 22, 2020

The Cherokee Regional Medical Center and Public Health continue to keep citizens informed of the latest updates as the coronavirus pandemic situation develops further. As of Thursday, Cherokee County had 62 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests, with 47 having already recovered after self-isolating at home for approximately 14 days. ...

In the Iowa Utility Board’s (IUB) approval order to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), the Board said, “The IUB issued an order on March 27, 2020 granting an amendment to Dakota Access, LLC, for its hazardous liquid permit, which allows the pipeline company to proceed with improvements to its pump station in Cambridge, Iowa, and related plan to increase the flow of oil from the current limit of 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) to up to 1.1 million bpd...

More than 5,700 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students graduated this spring under extraordinary circumstances. The month of May usually finds the UI's beautiful campus teeming with families and students in their caps and gowns. ...

In the midst of all the doom and gloom of the coronavirus pandemic, racial and social unrest fueling world-wide protests and civil disobedience, and all embellished by an oblivious egomaniacal President whose only cares are ME and getting re-elected, it was refreshingly wonderful that Iowa’s oldest match-play golf tournament in Cherokee was on schedule Fathers Day weekend...

“A work in progress” best describes this summer’s Cherokee Braves’ softball squad. Twenty players reported for initial practice on Monday under the tutelage of first year head coach, Jen Ohlendorf, and assistant coach Brandon Slaughter. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Cherokee will play a 12-game slate, beginning with a home game against Spirit Lake on Thursday, June 17...

Tyus Adkins, first-year Cherokee varsity baseball coach, welcomed 32 players to initial practice on Monday afternoon. Adkins replaced longtime Cherokee coaches Cory Ege and Jared Kirkeby, who resigned at the end of last season. Assisting Adkins this season will be coaches Adam Rapp and Kris Alesch...

SV HISTORY We did a little history digging on the Sioux Valley Amateur Match Play Golf Tournament as the 86th edition unfolded this past weekend at the Cherokee Golf Course. The tournament, the oldest match play tourney in our state, is special to many golfers and fans, locally, regionally and from all parts of the country...